Erin and I have just left the Firefly panel with Sean Maher, Jewel Staite and the surprise guest Nathan Fillion – we have almost regained our hearing. Firefly fans (also known as "browncoats") sat through hours of panels all day at the IGN Theater to reserve seats for this event.

They discussed their single thirteen episode run, took audience questions and gave many, many hugs to adoring, and sometimes crying, fans.

When asked about possible crowdfunding for another season of the beloved show, the show's star Nathan Fillion explained that there are many legalities involved but (jokingly) raised the possibility of an animated series.

They also talked about how they got the roles and when they met the show's adored creator Joss Whedon. Fillion said when he entered Whedon's darkened office he took one look at the bedraggled man in a purple, holey sweater and thought: "Who is this guy and when do I meet Joss Whedon?"

The cast was together to promote their 10th anniversary special that is airing on the Science Channel, 11 November.

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The Walking Dead panel was the headlining event of the weekend and it wrapped up moments ago. People waited in line since the theatre opened at 10am, sitting through panels they weren't necessarily interested in, waiting to see Officer Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and company on stage, the day before the Sunday night premiere of Season 3.

Ahead of the panel, the cast was available for roundtable interviews. The full story will be up tomorrow, until then here is how Andrew Lincoln, who plays Officer Rick Grimes, and his television son Carl, played by 13-year-old Chandler Riggs, would handle a zombie apocalypse.

“I haven’t really thought it through very much, but considering the circumstances, if there was a zombie apocalypse, the government would probably be able to take care of it pretty easily," Riggs said.

He then pointed out that the Walking Dead is set in a world where there is no such thing as the word ‘zombie,’ that’s why they are called ‘walkers’ on the show.

“There’s been lots of Zombie movies and stuff, we might know how to dispatch them pretty easily,” Riggs said.

Lincoln said: “I am standing behind you.”

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Renowned photographer Bill Cunningham spotted at "The Con". He is also in the documentary Bill Cunningham New York, which you should probably watch on Netflix.

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At Comic Con there is a person armed with a plastic crossbow around every corner and someone wearing a giant, rubber Chewbacca mask at each turn.

The long hours of the weekend also mean these superheroes, villains and Pokemon characters must partake in the very human acts of eating, drinking and going to the bathroom. In honor of that, here is Batman ordering a traditional New York snack.

Batman ordering food at New York Comic Con. Photograph: Amanda Holpuch for the Guardian

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Marcus Reyes in costume at Comic Con. Photograph: Amanda Holpuch for the Guardian

Marcus Reyes made this costume in a month. It's his first time wearing a costume at Comic Con and he was enjoying all the attention he was receiving.

He said that people have implied that the weapon is overcompensation. "But it's not, I think it's proportion," Reyes said.

Costumed man at New York Comic Con. Photograph: Amanda Holpuch for the Guardian

Conrad Szumilas of Brooklyn made his own costume that he called a mash-up between a barbarian and Pokemon. He said he dressed as Tarzan the day before.

"People were lifting up my loincloths, it's not surprising, but still kind of flattering," Szumilas said.

He has been to every New York Comic Con and explained how at Comic Con, normal activities take on a surreal tone.

"I guess the weirdest thing about these places is if you got to a mens room or a ladies room, there's always somebody with a giant battle sword or gun thing and you know, some cosplays are just not bathroom compatible," Szumilas said.

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Gabby Phillips dressed as the character Terezic from the internet comic book Homestuck. Photograph: KEITH BEDFORD/REUTERS

People make their way through Comic Con crowds. Photograph: KEITH BEDFORD/REUTERS

Frank Radice dressed as the comic book character The Joker at Comic Con.

Updated at 7.48pm BST

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Good morning!

We're back for another day here at the Javits Center, and to get things started, this is Amanda's Guardian colleague Erin McCann with a dispatch from last night's Nerdist live event at the Best Buy theatre in Times Square, where host Chris Hardwick presided over a conversation between film-maker Guillermo del Toro, writer Travis Beacham and Joel Hodgson, creator of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Del Toro and Beacham were mum on details of their upcoming Pacific Rim film, but del Toro did let slip the previously unknown tidbit that the Criterion Collection will be releasing a special edition of his 2001 film Devil's Backbone.

But the real surprise came during the night's Q&A session, when amid all the usual questions about Hellboy 3 and Hodgson's robot friends came one very special question, caught by writer and friend-of-Hardwick Baratunde Thurston: